ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,538, issued on May 27, was assigned to SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY (Nanjing, China).

"Efficient heat-induction decoking device and method for thermal conversion of solid fuels" was invented by Huiyan Zhang (Nanjing, China), Siyu Wang (Nanjing, China), Kai Wu (Nanjing, China), Jiajun Yu (Nanjing, China), Yihan Wang (Nanjing, China) and Bingbing Luo (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The provided is a novel heat-induction decoking device and method tailored for the thermal conversion of solid fuels. The efficient heat-induction decoking device for the thermal conversion of the solid fuels includes: a decoking tank body, which is c...